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8 BECKER'S DENTAL + DSO REVIEW // VOL. 2022 NO. 3 DENTAL PROFESSIONALS 100 stats on dental compensation By Cameron Cortigiano Here are 100 stats that show how compensation for dental professionals stack up: Average dentist salary in the 10 largest U.S. cities 1. New York City: $188,967 2. Los Angeles: $183,481 3. Chicago: $187,424 4. Houston: $196,075 5. Phoenix: $184,196 6. Philadelphia: $186,841 7. San Antonio: $188,052 8. San Diego: $185,489 9. Dallas: $180,140 10. San Jose: $184,569 Average salary for five dental professions Dentist: $172,328 Dental hygienist: $72,907 Dental assistant: $37,883 Oral surgeon: $307,569 Orthodontist: $303,698 Average hourly salary for six dental professions General dentists: $80.37 Dental hygienists: $39.12 Dental assistants: $20.44 Oral and maxillofacial surgeons: $149.74 Orthodontists: $128.50 All other speciality dentists: $86.25 Top paying industries for dental assistants, hygienists Dental assistants: 1. State government, excluding schools and hospitals: $50,170 2. Specialty, excluding psychiatric and substance abuse: $48,210 3. Home health care services: $47,930 4. General medical and surgical hospitals: $47,180 5. Federal executive branch: $45,970 Dental hygienists: 1. Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services: $84,770 2. Facilities support services: $83,410 3. Employment services: $83,330 4. Other ambulatory healthcare services: $82,510 5. Offices of dentists: $81,560 Top paying cities for dental assistants, hygienists Dental assistants: 1. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif.: $55,150 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Bloomington, Wis.: $55,020 3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: $54,590 4. Santa Rosa, Calif.: $52,550 5. Rochester, Minn.: $52,510 6. Barnstable, Mass.: $52,380 7. Boston-Cambridge, Mass.-Nashua, N.H.: $52,330 8. Bismarck, N.D.: $52,240 9. Fairbanks, Alaska: $51,940 10. Portsmouth, N.H.-Maine: $51,110 Dental hygienists: 1. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, Calif.: $125,750 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.: $122,660 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, Calif.: $119,320 4. Anchorage, Ala.: $116,270 5. Santa Rosa, Calif.: $115,730 6. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.: $114,370 7. Fairbanks, Alaska: $113,880 8. Napa, Calif.: $112,520 9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.: $111,600 10. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.: $111,240 Top paying cities for dentists 1. Manchester, N.H.: $276,510 2. Salinas, Calif.: $234,410 3. Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif.: $229,800 4. Eugene, Ore.: $228,750 5. New Haven, Conn.: $227,390 6. Akron, Ohio: $225,350 7. Gainesville, Fla.: $222,690 8. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif.: $221,210 9. Medford, Ore.: $220,430 10.Portsmouth, N.H.-Maine: $220,070 Five workplaces where dentists earn the most Offices of health practitioners: Annual wage: $213,930 Hourly wage: $102.85 State government, excluding schools and hospitals: Annual wage: $193,800 Hourly wage: $93.17 Dental offices: Annual wage: $183,340 Hourly wage: $88.15 Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals: Annual wage: $172,820 Hourly wage: $83.09 Employment services: Annual wage: $172,490 Hourly wage: $82.93 How orthodontist pay has evolved in the last five years Here is the annual orthodontist salary from 2016-20, the most recent year data was available: 2020: $237,990 2019: $230,830 2018: $225,760 2017: $229,380 2016: $228,780